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Podcast - Say the World, Episode 9: Silence, Performance, and What Fiction Writers Are Good For
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 8: Using and Confusing Biography in Fiction
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 7: Collaborating with One's Translators; Writing About Work
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 6: Poetic Consciousness and Making Every Word Count
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 5: Writing Fiction from History and Adapting a Legend
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 4: Reading the Greats, Finding One's Voice, and Keeping a Commonplace Book
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 3: Intimate Narration and Publishing the Former Yugoslavia
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 2: Writing Dreams, Mentorship, and the Role of the Critic
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 0: Introducing Say the World: An International Writing Podcast
Podcast - Say the World, Episode 1: Translating Ourselves and Each Other
On the Map: Marciela Guerrero 2023
Maricela GUERRERO (poet, writer, teacher; Mexico) is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently A río revuelto (2022) and El sueño de toda célula (2018), which won her the 2018 Clemencia Isaura Prize; in Robin Myers’ translation, it was...
On the Map: Enah JOHNSCOTT 2023
Enah JOHNSCOTT (filmmaker, TV director, screenplay writer; Cameroon) has written and directed The Fisherman's Diary, and directed the feature-length Half Heaven. His work has garnered him a first place in the screenplay category at the 2020 Africa Movie...
On the Map: Raoul De Jong 2023
Raoul DE JONG (novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist; the Netherlands) has published five collections of travel stories and four non-fiction novels. Among the latter, Jaguarman (2020) was shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature and...
On the Map: Saba Hamzah 2023
Saba HAMZAH سبأ حمزة (poet, scholar; Yemen/ The Netherlands) is the author of the poetry collections تراتيل عذراء [Virgin Hymns] (2012) and حصتنا من السماء [Our Shared Sky] (2021). She has contributed to and collaborated with many academic, artistic, and...
On the Map: Suo Er 2023
SUO ER 索耳 (fiction; editor; PRC) is the author of the novel 伐木之夜 [The Night of the Felling] and the story collection 非亲非故 [Noncorrelation]. His works have appeared in China’s top literary magazines and received many awards, the 43rd Hong Kong Youth...
On the Map: Wesley Macheso 2023
Wesley MACHESO (fiction; poetry; editor; Malawi) won the Peer Gynt Literary Award for his children’s book Akuzike and the Gods (2017). Twice shortlisted for the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship and longlisted for the 2015 Short Story Day Africa Prize, he...
On the Map: Ali Alshaali 2023
Ali ALSHAALI علي الشعالي (poet, editor, publisher; United Arab Emirates), an engineer by training, is the author of five poetry collections, a collection of essays, and the novel [The Live Living], which won the Al-Owais Creative Award and a nomination for...
On the Map: Azhar Noonari 2023
Azhar NOONARI اظهر نوناري (fiction writer, translator; Pakistan) made his debut in 2016 with the novel [Black Bird in a White Cage] in 2016; in 2019, his story “اجنبي” [The Stranger] won the Naseem Kharl Short Story Prize. His many translations between...
On the Map: Brenda Navarro 2023
Brenda NAVARRO (fiction writer, editor; Spain/Mexico) is the author of the novels Casas Vacías, published in English as Empty Houses (2021), which won Spain’s Tigre Juan Award in 2020, and Ceniza en la boca [Mouth Full of Ash], the recipient of the 2022...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Joaquín ORTEGA, Venezuela
Joaquín ORTEGA (playwright, essayist, poet, scholar; Venezuela) works across media and institutions. The author of a volume of poetry and of plays like “Lo escuche llorar en mi boca. Tríptico de Caracas” [I Heard Him Cry in My Mouth. A Caracas Triptych]...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Zaza MUCHEMWA, Zimbabwe
Zaza MUCHEMWA (poet, playwright, arts administrator; Zimbabwe) has had her poetry appear at PEN International and Badilisha Poetry X-change and included in the anthology Zimbabwe Poets for Human Rights; author of the play The IVth Interrogation, she is...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Qi Jin Nian, PRC
Qi Jin Nian 七堇年 (fiction writer, non-fiction writer, translator, PRC) has published a dozen titles, ranging from travel literature to speculative fiction, most recently 无梦之境 [The Eye Phone Age] (2018). Her 2013 novel 平生欢 [The Ember of Time] won the Peoples...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Mohamad NASSEREDDINE, Lebanon
Mohamad NASSEREDDINE (poet, translator, journalist; Lebanon) is a regular contributor to the Al-Akhbar daily, the current vice-president of Lebanon PEN, and a professor of Medical Physics at Lebanese University in Beirut. Work from his seven volumes of...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Mohamed KHEIR, Egypt
Mohamed KHEIR محمد خير (fiction writer, poet, journalist, editor, lyricist; Egypt) won the Egyptian Ministry of Culture Award for his first poetry collection, Leil Khargi (2002); both his story collections Afarit Al Radio (2011) and Remsh Al Ein (2016)...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Ghayath ALMADHOUN, Sweden
Ghayath ALMADHOUN غياث المدهون (poet, filmmaker; Sweden) is a Palestinian poet born in Damascus, immigrated to Sweden in 2008, now living between Berlin and Stockholm. He is the author of four volumes of poetry in Arabic, translated widely. His latest...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Noa Suzanna MORAG, Israel
Noa Suzanna MORAG נועה סוזנה מורג (fiction writer, editor; Israel) debuted in 2016 with the novel [User Experience], for which she received the Minister of Culture’s Hebrew Literature prize in the Young Authors category. Since then, she has been working as...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Nana ABULADZE, Georgia
Nana ABULADZE ნანა აბულაძე (fiction writer, scholar; Georgia) is the author of two books: the novel აკუმი (Akumi) which received two awards for the Best Literary Debut of the Year and მესა სოლისტი ქალებისა და შერეული გუნდისათვის [The New Perception (A Mass...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Mashiul ALAM, Bangladesh
Mashiul ALAM মশিউল আলম (journalist, fiction writer, translator; Bangladesh) has published 12 novels and novellas, and eight collections of short stories; among the titles are Tanusreer Songey Dwitiyo Raat [Second Night with Tanusree] (2000), Mangsher...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Edson INCOPTÉ, Guinea-Bissau
Edson INCOPTÉ (fiction writer, poet, journalist, activist; Guinea-Bissau) has an extensive resume as organizer and activist in the areas of youth, civic development, and equity, and is the Secretary of PEN Guinea-Bissau and the Writers Association of...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with David ANUAR, Mexico
David ANUAR (poet, essayist, editor, translator; Mexico) teaches courses in creative writing and academic subjects at Colegio Universitario Angloamericano in Mérida. An award-winning author of five volumes of poetry, most recently Alguien hunde mi cabeza...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Angel IGOV, Bulgaria
Angel IGOV Ангел Игов (novelist, translator, scholar; Bulgaria). teaches English literature and Translation at Sofia University. He is the author of three novels, among them Фини прахови частици [Particulate Matter] (2017), shortlisted for the Novel of the...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Raghavendra MADHU, India
Raghavendra MADHU (poet, activist; India) has authored three books of poetry: Make Me Some Love to Eat, Stick No Bills, and Being Non-essential, all published by Red River (New Delhi). The founder of Poetry Couture, a movement to create free spaces for...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Shehan KARUNATILAKA, Sri Lanka
Shehan KARUNATILAKA (novelist, screenwriter; Sri Lanka) has authored the novels Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew (2010) and Chats with the Dead (2020) as well as the children’s book Please Don’t Put That in Your Mouth (2019). The recipient of the...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Luíza FAZIO, Brazil
Luíza FAZIO (screenwriting; fiction; Brazil) is the author of the screenplay for Sintonia (Netflix), the most-watched Brazilian TV series of 2019. Other recent work was on Samantha! (Netflix) and Sentence (Amazon Prime) and on a feature-length adaptation...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Jidanun LUEANGPIANSAMUT, Thailand
Jidanun LUEANGPIANSAMUT จิดานันท์ เหลืองเพียรสมุท (fiction writer; Thailand) has published more than 20 novels, largely in the sci-fi and romance genres. The youngest-ever winner, in 2017, of the Southeast Asian Writers Award, she specializes in dystopian...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Khadija Abdalla BAJABER, Kenya
Khadija Abdalla BAJABER (fiction writer, editor: Kenya) has had writing published in Enkare Review, A Long House, Lolwe and Down River Road, among other publications. An associate editor for Sahifa Journal, she was, in 2018, the winner of the new Graywolf...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Pamela RAHN SÁNCHEZ, Venezuela
Pamela RAHN SÁNCHEZ (poet, visual artist; Venezuela), a graduate of the National Film School in Caracas, has published four poetry collections: La luz entre las cosas [The light between things] (2020), Breves poemas para entender la ausencia [Brief poems...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Sara JARAMILLO KLINKERT, Colombia
Sara JARAMILLO KLINKERT (journalist, novelist, screenwriter; Colombia) has worked for numerous newspapers and major media channels in Colombia. Her autobiographical novel Cómo maté a mi padre [How I killed my father] came out in 2019; a second novel, Donde...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Silvia HOSSEINI, Finland
Silvia HOSSEINI (non-fiction; Finland) is a Tampere-based teacher, literary critic, and media commentator, and the author of essay collections Pölyn ylistys [In Praise of Dust] (2018) and Tie, totuus ja kuolema [The Way, The Truth, and Death] (2021)...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with T J Benson, Nigeria
TJ (Tarfa) BENSON (fiction writer, non-fiction writer, editor, visual artist; Nigeria) has had writing appear in Transition Magazine, Saraba, Jalada Africa, Catapult, Bakwa Magazine and elsewhere. His story collection We Won’t Fade into Darkness (2018) was...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Tariro NDORO, Zimbabwe
Tariro NDORO (poet, fiction, nonfiction; Zimbabwe) is the author of the poetry collection Agringada: Like a Gringa, Like a Foreigner (2019), which won the inaugural NAMA Award for Outstanding Poetry Book from Zimbabwe's National Arts Council. A finalist in...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW with Walid Hajar Rachedi, France
Walid HAJAR RACHEDI (fiction writer, publisher, screenwriter; France) is the co-founder and managing editor of the on-line magazine Frictions; Épidémiques [Epidemics], a fiction podcast he co-produced, was shortlisted for the 2020 Paris Podcast Festival...
ON THE MAP 2022: INTERVIEW WITH Yasser ABDEL HAFEZ, Egypt
Yasser ABDEL HAFEZ ياسر عبد الحافظ (novelist, journalist, editor; Egypt) is the author of three novels: [On the Occasion of Life] was longlisted for the 2008 Arabic Booker; The Book of Safety, the winner of the Banipal Translation Prize (English...
On the Map 2021: Interview with Habib TENGOUR, Algeria
Habib TENGOUR (poet, essayist, playwright, translator, scholar, editor; Algeria) has published over twenty volumes of writing, most recently the poetry volume La Sandale d'Empédocle (2021). His poetry has been translated into English, German, Italian...
On the Map 2021: Interview with Candace CHONG Mui Ngam, Hong Kong
Candace CHONG Mui Ngam 莊梅岩 (playwright, screenwriter, translator; Hong Kong) has, apart from writing drama, also collaborated in musical theatre and opera as writer and librettist. Selected by the South China Morning Post as one of Hong Kong’s 25 most...
On the Map 2021: Interview with KIM Hena, South Korea
KIM Hena 김혜나 (fiction writer, South Korea) studied Korean language and literature at the University of Cheong-ju. Her first novel, [Jerry], was the 2010 winner of Today’s Author Prize; the second, [Junk], was long listed for the 2013 Dong-In Prize of...